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Flashcards by faithkateridarli, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Wool | Sheep, goat (alpaca), Rabbit (angora). Sheep wool is mostly produced in Australia and New Zealand Can be blended, elastic, when wet wearer stays warm and dry |
| Woolen/Worsted Yarn | Woolen yarn is fuzzier than Worsted Yarn, which is smooth |
| Shoddy/Virgin Wool | Shoddy yarn is made of fibers that have been reduced and reused unlike a Virgin (touched for the very first time) |
| Silk | long threads is raw silk, cut thread is made into spun silk. China first, now Italy, India, France, Asia Minor, Japan. Can be blended, dyed, printed |
| Bombyxmari | A cultivated worm whose cocoon is used for silk, also used is wild moths. |
| Cotton | Grown in Africa, North/South America, India, West Indies. Fibers cover the seeds and vary based on location. Versatile, absors 40% weight in water, strong, easily blended and dyed. |
| Cotton Linters | Short fibers of cotton used to make some types of Rayon. |
| Linen | Made from Flax in Russia, Northern Ireland, Mid-Europe. Lengths from stalk are a yard or longer. |
| Moygashel | Trade name for rayon fibers on a lined loom |
| Acrylic | Made from coal carbonization and natural gas |
| Acrilan (Chemstand trademark) | Lightweight, strong, can be permanently pressed. Blends. |
| Courtelle (Courtaulds trademark) | Strong, soft, warm, washable, blendable. |
| Cellulose | Made form trees, used in blends in 1900 and made into pure dress fabric in 1924. |
| Acetate | Made from cotton linters or wood pulp, low melting point, fades, warm, resilient, blends. |
| Cuprammonium Rayon (Bemberg) | Made from cotton liners, fine, silky, weak when wet. |
| Triacetate | Made from cotton liters, resilient, can be perm pressed, blends. |
| Viscose Rayon | From wood pulp, versatile, absorbent, weak when wet. |
| Polyamide (nylon) | From coal, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen. filament is stretched and spun into a yarn. Strong, elastic, can be perm pressed, non absorbent so good for rain and bad for sweat. |
| Polyester | From petroleum, doesn't crease, non absorbing, static, strong, blends. |
| Polyurethrane | from petri-chemical industry, replacing rubberized elastics, finer than rubber, made into foam for backing, stretches. |
| protein | From Casein (milk proteins) weak, soft, absorbent, blends with cotton, rayon, wool. |
| Metal Threads | 2 types to make metallic head or strip: Tinsel: core of copper, metal, or cotton wound in gold or silver thread. Plastic Covered Metal (Lurex): aluminum coated in colored adheisive and polyester for trimmings, embroidery and hand sewing. |
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